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National Day for Truth & Reconciliation
September 29, 2026Category
Rivers West District offices will be closed Wednesday, September 30th in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day is observed annually and honours the survivors of Canada’s residential school system, their families, and the children who never returned
• Commemoration: The day remembers the more than 150,000 Indigenous children forced into federally run residential schools.
• Orange Shirt Day: Coincides with Orange Shirt Day, inspired by survivor Phyllis Webstad, whose new orange shirt was taken away on her first day at St. Joseph’s Mission residential school.
• Every Child Matters: The phrase and the color orange symbolize the stripping of culture, language, and identity, as well as the ongoing commitment that every child matters.
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